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What do falling bar-passage rates mean for legal education--and the future of the profession?

Erica Moeser, president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners, says the cause of the current slump is “deceptively simple.” So simple, in fact, that she doesn’t know how anybody could think otherwise.



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Law prof and journalist team up to hold police accountable for their actions

Sitting in his office at the University of Chicago Law School just over a year ago, attorney and professor Craig Futterman was talking about a video almost no one had seen. It was a dashboard-camera recording of a white Chicago police officer killing a black teenager.



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Professor says data mining can improve jury selection



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New York program provides public defenders in deportation cases



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50-year story of the Miranda warning has the twists of a cop show

The 1966 decision in Miranda v. Arizona set the stage for a legal saga displaying the twists and turns of a cop show.



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Fines against unsafe nursing homes are considered a slap on the wrist

Nursing home regulatory systems are structured around administrative fines—fines that are reduced so routinely that they have become widely considered a cost of doing business rather than an incentive to provide quality care. Read this ABA Journal feature recently honored by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.



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Lawsuits fail to bring improvements to nursing homes



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Widespread confusion over the rules of the road for bicyclists leads to clashes

Confusion about and lack of uniformity in the rules of the road for bicyclists lead to clashes.



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Websites and apps for sharing crime and safety data have become outlets for racial profiling

Websites and apps for sharing crime and safety data have become outlets for racial profiling.



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The 6 types of lawyer movies

Movies about our legal system tend to feature protagonists who fall into one of six different categories—for better or worse. Read this feature and check out our slideshow recently honored by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.



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